Professional
Readings
Building
A Good Relationship With Your Cooperating Teachers
(Student-Teacher
Narrative)
Rosalind
Suzman- Principal 1
Minanga
Elementary School
Aparri
South District, Cagayan
The
author addresses a significant reminder for pre-service teachers or practice
teachers. She resorts that teaching is about building relationships with your
cooperating teacher and the students in the class. She suggests that in order
for a student-teacher to have a relationship with his/her CT, he/she should than
take an extra-effort on taking a time talking to him/her, and informing them on
how well you and your students are doing in the class. And because through this
manner you will be able to gain his/her trust and respect. And it would let
him/her know that you are taking your job, as a practice teacher, seriously.
The
author then narrated how she gained the trust of her CT and of her students as
well. And so, she had the help of the teacher. She had a help from her CT on
how to gain courage to stand right in front of the class, which was her biggest
fear.
Also,
the author suggests that in order to build good relationship with your CT, you
must spend time talking about your lesson plans, how the students are
performing, what the things students have to work on are and who among the
students should receive more help than the others. This act would let you CT see that you have a
great deal of interest.
Moreover,
the author resorts that, if you want to build a relationship among your
student, learning their first names would contribute much on that. However, she
is reminding us not to get too friendly with the students since to avoid too
much familiarity. And she reminds us that it is better to build social
relationships with the students and cooperating teacher before considering how
and what t to teach. She added that it is important to keep in-touched with
your CT especially when things are not doing so well.
Moreover,
the author says that reading
pre-teaching manuals is a good help because it has answers to all
”frequently-asked-questions” of practice teachers. She also emphasized that
student-teachers must always accept constructive criticisms, and not to become
upset or hostile the critic teachers.
Source:
The Teachers’ Magazine
The Philippine Journal of Education
VOL. LXXXV, No. 5,
Oct.
2006, SIBS Publishing
Reference: Darlene Anderson and Michelle Marchant, “Behaviorism Works in Special Education”,
2010, Instruction section of Issues and Trends in Special Education:
Identification, Assessment, and Instruction.
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